MORE US National Defense Strategy on #China
"The most comprehensive & serious challenge to US national security is the PRC’s coercive & increasingly aggressive endeavor to refashion the Indo-Pacific region & the int'l system to suit its interests & authoritarian preferences"
"The most comprehensive & serious challenge to US national security is the PRC’s coercive & increasingly aggressive endeavor to refashion the Indo-Pacific region & the int'l system to suit its interests & authoritarian preferences"
#China "seeks to undermine US alliances &
security partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, and leverage its growing capabilities...to coerce its neighbors & threaten their interests" per US NDS
security partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, and leverage its growing capabilities...to coerce its neighbors & threaten their interests" per US NDS
#China's "increasingly provocative rhetoric & coercive activity towards #Taiwan...part of a broader pattern of destabilizing & coercive PRC behavior that stretches across the #EastChinaSea, the #SouthChina Sea, & along the Line of Actual Control" per US NDS
#China's military "is rapidly advancing & integrating its
space, counterspace, cyber, electronic, & informational warfare capabilities to support its holistic approach to joint warfare" per US NDS
space, counterspace, cyber, electronic, & informational warfare capabilities to support its holistic approach to joint warfare" per US NDS
#China "is accelerating the modernization & expansion of its nuclear capabilities" per US NDS
China "likely intends to possess at least 1,000 deliverable [nuclear] warheads by the end of the decade" per US Nuclear Posture Review
China "likely intends to possess at least 1,000 deliverable [nuclear] warheads by the end of the decade" per US Nuclear Posture Review
US Nuclear Posture review also finds "While the end state resulting from the PRC’s specific choices...is uncertain, the trajectory of these efforts points to a large, diverse nuclear arsenal w/a high degree of survivability, reliability, & effectiveness"
From the 2022 Missile Defense Review:
#China "has dramatically advanced its development of conventional and nuclear-armed ballistic & #hypersonic missile technologies & capabilities..."
#China "has dramatically advanced its development of conventional and nuclear-armed ballistic & #hypersonic missile technologies & capabilities..."
"...In many areas such as conventional ballistic & #hypersonic missile technologies, the PRC continues to close the gap w/the United States" per the 2022 US Missile Defense Review
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